Nursing undergraduate education in University of
Gaziantep has started with a protocol which was signed between Health Ministry
and YOK (Higher Education Institution) for launching the Health Schools and was
published at no 22805 and date November 2, 1996 of official gazette.It started to give master degree education in
4 programs by opening Internal Diseases and Psychiatry Nursing in 2001, Public
Health Nursing in 2003, and Paediatric Nursing in 2005 within the body of
Health Sciences Institution. With the official gazette published on September
5, 2009, Faculty of Health Sciences was established and “Nursing” education has
been continuing within the faculty since then.

The aim of our
education is to train nurses who are sensitive to any kind of changes affecting
human health in daily life and take this situation into consideration at the
service they give, enable nursing necessities to sick and healthy peopleand fulfil these necessities at occupational
standards. Moreover, our aim is to graduate professional nurses who will
perform their roles and functions as an active member of health team, take part
in nursing education, management and researches and consider occupational ethic
principles while performing these.

There’s one
practice laboratory containing model and education materials and designed to
reinforce theoretical knowledge of students and let them do patient care. Due
to the importance of clinical practices in education, our students practice under
the supervision of instructors in charge in Şahinbey Research and Application
Hospital in University of Gaziantep, 25 Aralık State Hospital, Şahinbey Avukat
Cengiz Gökçek State Hospital, 75th year Gynaecology and Obstetrics
Hospital, Children’s Hospital, Şehitkamil State Hospital, Old Age Asylum and
Rehabilitation Centre, Health Care Centres and Children Protection Institution.

MISSION

To train graduate
nurses in bachelor and master degree who follow scientific progresses, respond
to health necessities of society, sensitive to ethical principles, have
effective communication, problem solving and research skills, create change,
respectful to human rights, have autonomy,leader, and give health care at international level.

VISION

To be a leading education and practice institution which can constitute
a model with its students, instructors, education programmes and researches,
known and preferred at national and international level, compete with
international standards and whose graduates are primarily employed in all
health sectors.